National Child Development Study Revised Region Variables

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National Child Development Study

Revised Region Variables

Second Edition

Jane Elliott, Jon Johnson and Peter Shepherd

June 2009

Centre for Longitudinal Studies Bedford Group for Lifecourse & Statistical Studies Institute of Education, University of London

NCDS Revised Region Variables

Introduction

The full National Child Development Study dataset includes a variety of geographical information which is available for analysis. These data are summarised below. However, much of this information is disclosive and is, consequently, only available via the CLS ‘safe setting’ / or under ’special licence’ (http://www.esds.ac.uk/orderingdata/specialLicence.asp).

Information on region is, however, included with the NCDS data deposited with the UK Data Archive and available via the Economic and Social Data Service under the terms of the standard user undertaking. This note briefly summarises the data available.

Summary of NCDS Geographical information available for analysis

Sweep Data includes:

PMS, NCDS1-3 Region (Standard Region)* and local authority recorded for each survey (1958, 1965, 1968, 1974) element, eg: Parental, Medical Examination, School Questionnaire, Child assessments, Cohort Member Questionnaire

NCDS4 Region (Standard Region)*, local authority, constituency, ward, (1981) enumeration district and postcode

Information from the 1971 and 1981 UK Census Small Area Statistics (SAS) data from the 1971 and 1981 Census matched to the postcode of the address at interview in 1981 and to that of the reported address at age 16 (in 1974)

NCDD5-7 Region (Standard Statistical Region, Government Office Region)*, local (1991, 2000, 2004) authority, constituency, ward, enumeration district, postcode, grid reference

* Only region data are available under the terms of the standard ESDS user undertaking. Other data is available via the CLS ‘safe setting’/under ’special licence’

Further information about the geographical information available for NCDS is available on request from the Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

PMS and NCDS1-3 (Birth to Sixteen-years)

Region variables for PMS and NCDS1-3 are based on the Registrar General’s Standard Region prior to 1965.1 They were derived by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies from relevant variables included on the NCDS dataset as indicated below.

1 Davie R, Butler N, and Goldstein H (1972) From Birth to Seven. London, Longman in association with the National Children's Bureau

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PMS-NCDS3: Derivation off region variables

Follow-up Variables PMS N624 0 Standard region

NCDS1 N623 1 Standard region

NCDS2* n1102 2P Standard region N802 2S Standard region N962 2S Standard region N902 2T Standard region N1462 2M Standard region

NCDS3** n2350 3P Standard region n2703 3I Standard Region 3S Region - School n2269 Questionnaire n2093 3S Standard region n2919 3T Standard Region N1880 3M Standard region n2049 3M Standard region n1622 2M Region – Audiogram

* For NCDS2 region was taken from n1102 or, if missing, from n802 or one of the other variables in the order listed ** For NCDS3 region was taken from n2350 or, if missing, from n2703 or one of the other variables in the order listed

The distribution of NCDS cohort members by region is summarised below.

PMS NCDS1 NCDS2 NCDS3 1 North 1234 1126 1063 1051 2 North West 2295 1980 1943 1860 3 E & W.Riding 1433 1286 1303 1271 4 North Midlands 1299 1180 1181 1082 5 Midlands 1648 1499 1438 1436 6 East 1242 1181 1310 1200 7 South East 3445 2815 2794 2599 8 South 955 948 962 982 9 South West 966 930 962 975 10 Wales 914 822 817 805 11 Scotland 1985 1640 1584 1565 Total 17416 15407 15358 14826 -2 Not in PMS 1142 0 0 0 -1 No information 0 3151 3201 3732 18558 18558 18558 18558

An outline map of these regions, and a list of local authorities included in each region are given in the appendix.

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NCDDS4-6

Region codes for NCDS4-5 were derived from information on postcode of address at interview. Postcodes derived, confirmed or gathered during the relevant survey were checked as valid and accurate using appropriate software and ‘region’ variables were subsequently derived from look-up tables.

• NCDS4 - postcode checks and region look-up were undertaken on behalf of the National Children’s Bureau by CACI International shortly after the 1981 follow-up. The region variable provided is based on Standard Statistical Regions.

• NCDS5 - postcode checks were undertaken by the Social Statistics Research Unit, City University shortly after the 1991 follow-up. The region look-up was undertaken by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies in 20052. It replaces an earlier version undertaken by the Social Statistics Research Unit, City University shortly after the 1991 follow-up. The region variables provided are based on Standard Statistical Regions and Government Office Regions.

• NCDS6 -postcode checks were undertaken by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies shortly after the 2000 follow-up. The region look-up was again undertaken by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies in 2005.3 It replaces an earlier version undertaken also undertaken by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies shortly after the 2000 follow-up. The region variables provided are based on Standard Statistical Regions and Government Office Regions.

• NCDS7 -postcode checks were undertaken by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies shortly after the 2004 follow-up. The region variables provided are based on Standard Statistical Regions and Government Office Regions.

Government Office Regions (GORs) - Government Offices for the Regions were established across England in 1994. In 1996 the regions covered, known as Government Office Regions, became the primary classification for the presentation of regional statistics.

GORs are built up of complete counties/unitary authorities. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are not subdivided into GORs but are listed with them as regions in UK-wide statistical comparisons

Statistical Regions (SSRs) - Standard Statistical Regions (SSRs) were the primary classification for English regional statistics prior to the adoption of GORs. They are now rarely used.

The 8 SSRs are also based on whole administrative units, but do not have any administrative function. Most SSRs have the same names and boundaries as the GORs, although there are important differences.

See the appendix and/or http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/gor.asp for more information.

2 The region look-up was based on the ‘All Fields Postcode Directory’ (AFPD) available from UKBorders http://edina.ac.uk/ukborders/. 3 Again, the region look-up was based on the ‘All Fields Postcode Directory’ (AFPD) available from UKBorders http://edina.ac.uk/ukborders/.

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The distribution of NCDS cohort members by SSRs and GORs is summarised below.

Standard Statistical Regions

NCDS4 NCDS5 NCDS6 NCDS7 1 North 787 716 702 570 2 Yorkshire & Humberside 1098 1043 1029 846 3 East Midlands 873 826 847 732 4 East Anglia 415 420 463 412 5 South East 3847 3478 3335 2848 6 South West 970 1011 1069 902 7 West Midlands 1193 1039 1033 868 8 North West 1428 1232 1226 990 9 Wales 660 628 633 518 10 Scotland 1229 1014 1082 845 -1 Unknown 37 62 0 3 Total 12537 11469 11419 9534

Government Office Regions

NCDS4 NCDS5 NCDS6 NCDS7 1 North East n/a 621 603 492 2 North West n/a 1327 1325 1068 3 Yorkshire and the Humber n/a 1043 1029 846 4 East Midlands n/a 826 847 732 5 West Midlands n/a 1039 1033 868 6 East of England n/a 1110 1166 1036 7 London n/a 1113 948 753 8 South East n/a 1675 1684 1471 9 South West n/a 1011 1069 902 10 Wales n/a 628 633 518 11 Scotland n/a 1014 1082 845 -1 Unknown n/a 62 0 3 Total 12537 11469 11419 9534

Queries

Please address queries about this or any other aspect of NCDS to:[email protected]

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APPENDIX: Definition of NCDS regions

An outline map of the various NCDS regions, and a list of local authorities included in each region are given below

PMS and NCDS1-3 (Birth to Sixteen-years)

NCDS Regions (Registrar General’s Standard Regions pre-1965)

Source: After Davie R, Butler N, and Goldstein H (1972) From Birth to Seven. London, Longman in association with the National Children's Bureau

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Local Authorities included in the PMS and NCDS1-3 ‘regions’

NORTH WEST: CHESHIRE Count Council, LANCASHIRE County Council, Southport, Lancs, Wigan, Lancs, ISLE OF MAN, Birkenhead, Cheshire, Chester, Cheshire, Stockport, Cheshire, Wallasey, Cheshire, Barrow-in-Furness, Blackburn, Lancs, Blackpool, Lancs, Bolton, Lancs, Bootle, Lancs, Burnley, Lancs, Bury, Lancs, Liverpool, Lancs, Manchester, Lancs, Oldham, Lancs, Preston, Lancs, Warrington, Lancs, Rochdale, Lancs, St Helens, Lancs, Salford, Lancs.

NORTHERN: CUMBERLAND County Council, DURHAM County Council, NORTHUMBERLAND County Council, WESTMORLAND County Council, YORKSHIRE (NORTH RIDING) County Council, Carlisle, Cumberland, Darlington, Co. Durham, Gateshead, Co. Durham, South Shields, Co. Durham, Sunderland, Co. Durham, Hartlepool, Co. Durham, Newcastle- upon-Tyne, Northumberland, Tynemouth, Northumberland, Tees-side, (N.R).

EAST AND WEST RIDINGS: YORKSHIRE (E.RIDING) County Council, YORKSHIRE (W.RIDING) County Council, Kingston- upon-Hull, Yorks (E.R), Barnsley, Yorks (W.R), Bradford, Yorks (W.R), Dewsbury, Yorks (W.R), Doncaster, Yorks (W.R), Halifax, Yorks (W.R), Huddersfield, Yorks (W.R), Leeds, Yorks (W.R), Rotherham, Yorks (W.R), Sheffield, Yorks (W.R), Wakefield, Yorks (W.R), York, Yorks.

NORTH MIDLANDS: DEBYSHIRE County Council, LEICESTERSHIRE County Council, LINCOLNSHIRE (HOLLAND) County Council, LINCOLNSHIRE (KESTEVEN) County Council, LINCOLNSHIRE (LINDSEY) County Council, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE County Council, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE County Council, RUTLAND County Council, Derby, Derbys, Leicester, Leics, Grimsby, Lincs. (Lindsey), Lincoln, Lincs. (Ketseven), Northampton, Northants, Nottingham, Notts.

EASTERN: BEDFORDSHIRE County Council, CAMBRIDGESHIRE & ISLE OF ELY, ESSEX County Council, HERTFORDSHIRE County Council, HUNTINGDONSHIRE & PETERBOROUGH, NORFOLK County Council, SUFFOLK (EAST) County Council, SUFFOLK (WEST) County Council, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Norwich, Norfolk, Ipswich, Suffolk, Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

LONDON AND SOUTH EASTERN: KENT County Council, London Boroughs (Camden, City & Corporation of London, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth, Westminster, Barking, Havering, Redbridge, Waltham Forest, Bexley, Bromley, Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond-upon-Thames, Kingston-upon-Thames, Merton, Sutton, Newham (was East & West Ham), Croydon), SURREY County Council, SUSSEX (EAST) County Council, SUSSEX (WEST) County Council, Canterbury, Kent, Brighton, Sussex, Eastbourne, Sussex, Hastings, Sussex.

SOUTHERN: BERKSHIRE County Council, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE County Council, DORSET County Council, OXFORDSHIRE County Council, HAMPSHIRE County Council, ISLE OF WIGHT, Reading, Berks, Oxford, Oxon, Bournemouth, Hants, Portsmouth, Hants, Southampton, Hants.

SOUTH WESTERN: ISLES OF SCILLY, GUERNSEY, JERSEY, CORNWALL County Council, DEVON County Council, GLOUCESTERSHIRE County Council, SOMERSET County Council, WILTSHIRE County Council, Exeter, Devon, Plymouth, Devon, Bristol, Somerset, Gloucester, Glos, Bath, Somerset, Torbay, Devon.

WALES: RADNORSHIRE County Council, BRECONSHIRE (BRECKNOCKSHIRE) County Council, CARMARTHENSHIRE County Council, GLAMORGAN County Council, MOMMOUTHSHIRE County Council, ANGELSEY County Council, CAERNARVONSHIRE County Council, CARDIGANSHIRE County Council, DENBIGHSHIRE County Council, FLINTSHIRE County Council, MERIONETHSHIRE County Council, MONTGOMERYSHIRE County Council, PEMBROKSHIRE County Council, Cardiff, Glam, Merthyr Tydfil, Glam, Swansea, Glam, Newport, Mon.

MIDLANDS: HEREFORDSHIRE County Council, SHOPSHIRE County Council, STAFFORDSHIRE County Council, WARWICKSHIRE County Council, Solihull, Warwicks, WORCESTERSHIRE County Council, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffs, Warley, Staffs, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs, Walsall, Staffs, West Bromwich, Staffs, Wolverhampton, Staffs, Birmingham, Warwicks, Coventry, Warwicks, *Dudley, Worcs, Worcester, Worcs.

SCOTLAND: ABERDEENSHIRE County Council, ANGUS County Council, ARGYLL County Council, AYRSHIRE County Council, BANFFSHIRE County Council, KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE County Council, *LANARKSHIRE County Council, MIDLOTHIAN County Council, PEEBLESHIRE County Council, MORAY AND NAIRIN County Councils, BERWICKSHIRE County Council, ORKNEY ISLANDS, PERTH & KINROSS County Council, ROSS & CROMARTY County Council, ROXBURGH County Council, SELKIRK County Council, RENFREWSHIRE County Council, BUTE County Council, STIRLINGSHIRE County Council, SUTHERLAND County Council, WIGTOWNSHIRE County Council, ZETLAND (SHETLAND) County Council, CAITHNESS County Council, WEST LOTHIAN County Council, CLACKMANNAN County Council, DUMBARTONSHIRE County Council, DUMFRIESHIRE County Council, EAST LOTHIAN County Council, FIFE County Council, INVERNESS-SHIRE County Council, KINCARDINESHIRE County Council, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Dundee, Angus, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Glasgow, Lanarkshire.

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NCDDS4-6

GORs are built up of complete counties/unitary authorities so although they are subject to change they always reflect administrative boundaries as at the end of the previous year. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are not subdivided into GORs but are listed with them as regions in UK-wide statistical comparisons

Statistical Regions (SSRs) - Standard Statistical Regions (SSRs) were the primary classification for English regional statistics prior to the adoption of GORs. They are now rarely used.

The 8 SSRs are also based on whole administrative units, but do not have any administrative function. Most SSRs have the same names and boundaries as the GORs, but there are the following differences:

• The North SSR consists of the North East GOR together with Cumbria (which is part of the North West GOR). • London does not exist as an SSR in its own right; instead it is part of the South East SSR. • The East of England GOR does not exist as an SSR. Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough form the East Anglia SSR; the rest of the GOR is part of the South East SSR. • The Yorkshire and The Humber GOR covers the same area as the Yorkshire and Humberside SSR

See http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/gor.asp or below for more information.

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Local authorities included in the Standard Statistical Regions

North: Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Allerdale, Barrow-in-Furness, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden, South Lakeland, Chester-le-Street, Derwentside, Durham, Easington, Sedgefield, Teesdale, Wear Valley, Alnwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth Valley, Castle Morpeth, Tynedale, Wansbeck.

Yorkshire and Humberside: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield, Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, Wakefield, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, York, Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough, Selby.

East Midlands: Derby, Leicester, Rutland, Nottingham, Amber Valley, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, Erewash, High Peak, North East Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, Blaby, Charnwood, Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Melton, North West Leicestershire, Oadby and Wigston, Boston, East Lindsey, Lincoln, North Kesteven, South Holland, South Kesteven, West Lindsey, Corby, Daventry, East Northamptonshire, Kettering, Northampton, South Northamptonshire, Wellingborough, Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Broxtowe, Gedling, Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood, Rushcliffe.

East Anglia: Peterborough, Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, South Cambridgeshire, Breckland, Broadland, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, North Norfolk, Norwich, South Norfolk, Babergh, Forest Heath, Ipswich, Mid Suffolk, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk Coastal, Waveney.

South East:,City of London, Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Westminster, Luton, Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock, Medway, Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire, Reading, Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham, Milton Keynes, Brighton and Hove, Portsmouth, Southampton, Isle of Wight, Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks, Wycombe, Eastbourne, Hastings, Lewes, Rother, Wealden, Basildon, Braintree, Brentwood, Castle Point, Chelmsford, Colchester, Epping Forest, Harlow, Maldon, Rochford, Tendring, Uttlesford, Basingstoke and Deane, East Hampshire, Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Hart, Havant, New Forest, Rushmoor, Test Valley, Winchester, Broxbourne, Dacorum, East Hertfordshire, Hertsmere, North Hertfordshire, St. Albans, Stevenage, Three Rivers, Watford, Welwyn Hatfield, Ashford, Canterbury, Dartford, Dover, Gravesham, Maidstone, Sevenoaks, Shepway, Swale, Thanet, Tonbridge and Malling, Tunbridge Wells, Cherwell, Oxford, South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse, West Oxfordshire, Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Waverley, Woking, Adur, Arun, Chichester, Crawley, Horsham, Mid Sussex, Worthing.

South WestL Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, City of, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Plymouth, Torbay, Bournemouth, Poole, Swindon, Caradon, Carrick, Kerrier, North Cornwall, Penwith, Restormel, Isles of Scilly, East Devon, Exeter, Mid Devon, North Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torridge, West Devon, Christchurch, East Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck, West Dorset, Weymouth and Portland, Cheltenham, Cotswold, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Stroud, Tewkesbury, Mendip, Sedgemoor, South Somerset, Taunton Deane, West Somerset, Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, West Wiltshire, GUERNSEY, JERSEY.

West Midlands: Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton, County of Herefordshire, Telford and Wrekin, Stoke-on-Trent, Bridgnorth, North Shropshire, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Atcham, South Shropshire, Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South Staffordshire, Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands, Tamworth, North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Rugby, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwick, Bromsgrove, Malvern Hills, Redditch, Worcester, Wychavon, Wyre Forest.

North West: Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, Knowsley, Liverpool, St. Helens, Sefton, Wirral, Halton, Warrington, Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Chester, Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Macclesfield, Vale Royal, Burnley, Chorley, Fylde, Hyndburn, Lancaster, Pendle, Preston, Ribble Valley, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire, Wyre, ISLE OF MAN,,

Wales: Anglesey, Isle of, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wrexham, Powys, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend, The Vale of Glamorgan, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen, Monmouthshire, Newport,Cardiff.

Scotland:,Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Scottish Borders, The, Clackmannanshire, West Dunbartonshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee City, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, City of Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow City, Highland, Inverclyde, Midlothian, Moray, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Orkney Islands, Perth and Kinross, Renfrewshire, Shetland Islands, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Lothian, Eilean Siar, Berwick-upon-Tweed.

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Local authorities included in the Government Office of the Regions

North East: Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Chester-le-Street, Derwentside, Durham, Easington, Sedgefield, Teesdale, Wear Valley, Alnwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth Valley, Castle Morpeth, Tynedale, Wansbeck.

North West: Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, Knowsley, Liverpool, St. Helens, Sefton, Wirral, Halton, Warrington, Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Chester, Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Macclesfield, Vale Royal, Allerdale, Barrow-in-Furness, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden, South Lakeland, Burnley, Chorley, Fylde, Hyndburn, Lancaster, Pendle, Preston, Ribble Valley, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire, Wyre, ISLE OF MAN,.

Yorkshire and the Humber: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield, Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, Wakefield, Kingston upon Hull, City of, East Riding of Yorkshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, York, Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough, Selby.

East of England: Peterborough, Luton, Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock, Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, South Cambridgeshire, Basildon, Braintree, Brentwood, Castle Point, Chelmsford, Colchester, Epping Forest, Harlow, Maldon, Rochford, Tendring, Uttlesford, Broxbourne, Dacorum, East Hertfordshire, Hertsmere, North Hertfordshire, St. Albans, Stevenage, Three Rivers, Watford, Welwyn Hatfield, Breckland, Broadland, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, North Norfolk, Norwich, South Norfolk, Babergh, Forest Heath, Ipswich, Mid Suffolk, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk Coastal, Waveney.

London: City of London, Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, AT Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Westminster.

South East: Medway, Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire, Reading, Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham, Milton Keynes, Brighton and Hove, Portsmouth, Southampton, Isle of Wight, Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks, Wycombe, Eastbourne, Hastings, Lewes, Rother, Wealden, Basingstoke and Deane, East Hampshire, Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Hart, Havant, New Forest, Rushmoor, Test Valley, Winchester, Ashford, Canterbury, Dartford, Dover, Gravesham, Maidstone, Sevenoaks, Shepway, Swale, Thanet, Tonbridge and Malling, Tunbridge Wells, Cherwell, Oxford, South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse, West Oxfordshire, Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Waverley, Woking, Adur, Arun, Chichester, Crawley, Horsham, Mid Sussex, Worthing.

South West: Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, City of, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Plymouth, Torbay, Bournemouth, Poole, Swindon, Caradon, Carrick, Kerrier, North Cornwall, Penwith, Restormel, Isles of Scilly, East Devon, Exeter, Mid Devon, North Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torridge, West Devon, Christchurch, East Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck, West Dorset, Weymouth and Portland, Cheltenham, Cotswold, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Stroud, Tewkesbury, Mendip, Sedgemoor, South Somerset, Taunton Deane, West Somerset, Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, West Wiltshire, GUERNSEY, JERSEY.

Scotland: Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Scottish Borders, The, Clackmannanshire, West Dunbartonshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee City, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, City of Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow City, Highland, Inverclyde, Midlothian, Moray, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Orkney Islands, Perth and Kinross, Renfrewshire, Shetland Islands, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Lothian, Eilean Siar.

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Version History

June 2009: Page 5. Standard Statistical Region corrected for NCDS4 as it showed incorrect frequencies.

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